Arlena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-LEE-nah
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Arlena is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Arlena mean?
Elaboration of Arlene, itself of uncertain origin
Arlena Marshall is the murder victim in Agatha Christie's 1941 novel Evil Under the Sun.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Arlena a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arlena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Arlena, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Arlena in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arlena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,738 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,794 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,497 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | 48 | #1,059 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,305 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,540 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,350 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,430 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 60 | #909 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,281 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,100 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,147 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,120 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 20 | #982 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 22 | #829 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 15 | #968 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 17 | #917 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
Nicknames for Arlena
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Arlena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alma, Anna, Leona, Ada, Loretta, Estella, Lenora, Winona, Nina, Lena, Vera, Matilda
Names related to Arlena
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arlena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arlena, updated 20 October 2026.